Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Many wags around Brisbane are wondering how a well known racing identity and even better known police informant happened to know about the arrest last week of a bloke in Operation Tango Citron, a major drug trafficking investigation by police, well before the busts were publicly announced, and before even the accused man’s bail guarantor […]
You and your silent partner in the nightclub trade have $200 000 cash that you found in dirty pool of water and you want to clean. Silent Sam runs a chain of car washes that take notes and coins, so he has a legit source of high volume, hard to trace cash. You have 20k […]
Mexicana was a seemingly fit and healthy high class three-year-old square gaiting filly who started her career as a juvenile at the All Stars barn of Rasmussen and Purdon. She ran four placings from four starts for them, and then was transferred to the stable of Josh Dickie. Dickie won two races in a row […]
Colin De Felippi is one of New Zealand’s oldest and most successful trot drivers. Flip’s been around forever, and at age 69 has learnt more tricks than the average punter has had hot dinners. He’s got away with more than a few of them over the years too. Not this one. See the horse in […]
Australia’s cleanest and most honest trainer/driver pair David Kennedy and Jackson painting have uncovered the new Lombo Pocket Watch. Remember Lombo Pocket Watch? He was that champion Mick Lombardo owned colt who won 17 of his 18 starts as a 2-year-old, and became the first horse of that age to ever be named Australian Pacer […]
Miss Puediepie is an average sort of low class mare who had been going like a busted arse all year. Sure she won a weak sex and class restricted race at Coolamon in April, but the mares she beat were walkers, and her final quarters of 30.9 and 31.3 for a last half of 62.2 […]
A fortnight ago we wrote about the amazing run of success being enjoyed by trot trainer Tim Williams, and told you how he had improved a slow old horse named Manly Mach so much that he had taken 5.6 seconds off it’s previous best time when winning a race with it at Menangle. Well, in […]
A story published this morning based on information provided to the author, coupled with the ‘facts’ stated in the official Stewards Report, has subsequently proven to be incorrect. We apologise to Ms Hannah Van Dongen, and in particular to Mr Lane O’Shannessey for the erroneous report reprinted from the Steward;s findings that there was an […]
Have a read of this. It’s a story that appeared in the Perth newspaper the West Australian yesterday. It’s true too. But it’s not the full truth. This couple involved are a high profile WA harness trainer and his wife. The husband played stick and ball at the Olympics for Australia. It seems the love […]
Yeah Richie, why are restricted races given Group 1 status? Golden Slippers, Derbies, Oak, even your much yearned for (but not yet achieved) Group 1 The Everest – none of them should be black type if we follow your logic. Every man and his dog are blowing up about the WA Premier Mark McGowan banning […]
